Tool.



J. F. WALTON.

TOOL.

APPLICATION man Dsc. n. |915.

151995948.; l 'Patented oct. 3,1916.

.palliner an extra long nail, or wherein the ,the han lle. and 11 thchaninier head.

OF l ifi CE.

JOHN F. WALTON, OF BASTROP, TEXAS.

TOOL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed December-11, 1915. Serial No. 66,274.

lle it known that l. .loiiN F. lVAL'i'ON, a citizen ol'I the linitedStates, residing at Bastrop, in the county oi" Bast-rop and State ofTexas. have invented certain new and useful linproveinents in Tools, ofwhich the l'ollowging is a lspecification.

M v present invention relates to improveini-ntsl in tools. one objectot' the invention heini;r the provision of a. Claw hammer, which isi'irovided with means for gripping the body ot' a nailat various pointsbetween the head and the body pierced, So that by a eeries ot'euccessive movements of the handle ot' the lianinier ,with the hammerhead as a t'ulcriii'i'i, the nail may be pulled. K

A further object of the invention iS the provision ot a -hammer head.having,r formed i'herein a nail pulling device,I which renders` ifunnecessaiv to.hloek the hammer when nail iiiust he lient vin palline,if the ela-w portion is only used. l

A still 'further object ot the present invention is the provision ot' asimple, durable and'ii'iexpensive attachinent to a hani-inei7 vthatperniitlsl longer nails to he. pulled hy a si raieht line niovenient andwithout bending lthe-nail, and .vet also provides a wrench hy incaiiso't which liolts, sniall rods and also pipe niay he turned, lthe handle(it the haininei.'.being used as the lever.

ln the aeelonipanying:v dra wings :--l"i; jure 1 iS a side elevation ot'the. preraeiit haninier with the attachinei'it applied.. Fig. 2 is across section on line 2*;2 ot Fiji'. 1. Fig.

'il is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the hammer, or at rightangles to that shown in Fig. 2, the parts heini; in the lposition theyassume liet'ore the introduction ol a nail. Fig'. tis a siiniiar view.allowing a nail heiner pulled. hottoin plan view otl the liaiiniier.Fig. iena perspective view ot the detent or 'grippiner iiienihcr 71erxe.

lcl'eriingr to the dra wings, 1() deignates The head i.- provided withthe usual claw/h1 l2, and intermediateol' the inner end ol the `zlot 121ol' the claus and the openingr l1 of the handle-.dsa .eziiiall llore oropening 15, through which thil head of a. nail niay he in.-eii`ed to:issiinie 'the position as shown iii hier. l.

Fig. 5 is a- Inel .the lower end oll which with the hore, and a springpi-o ieit'ed de- The irregular cross opening 16 is formed through thebody ot' the hainiiier at a point adjacent to the inner end of the bore'15, the oppositely disposed t'aees heiner provided with teeth 1T and18, while that surface having;- the teeth 1S i, provided with alongitudinal slot 1t). having the Ig'uide ribs. 20, for the slidingreception ot' the detent or grippini@r nieinher'QI, which is carried hythe rod 22. vThis rod is slidalile in the hore 23 at the top otl theslot 1i), while a spring Z-t einliraeea the saiiie,`a11d nornially holdsthe det'ent toward the liore 15, with itS toothed 2f rrippine face 25projected 'to engage the na'il N.,iisilliistiated in l-iie. -'-l. 'henthe nail is first inserted within the here 15, the

detentis iiioved thci'eliy'and after the head of the nail passes.I thedetent the spring snaps and pushes the saine into the posi-4 tion asshown. -The lower end oi the Slot, 19. after thedetent has heen iiierted therein is hui-red to prevent the detent l'roinfslippinei entirelyout oi" -the lslot.

.lleinloreing hraces 2t; are toiined integral with the haininer head,when lioiind neces.'-

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The'roughened laeeef ot the opening' 1G peiniit the' introduction ot' aholt, rod oi' pipe li'oni the lside ot' the head, so that.the saineinavhe turned hy iii-anipul'ating the hani'lle'oiI the haininei'.

lVhat' l claiin, as new, ist- 1. ln a nail puller, the head of which isprovided with a nail receiving liore'and with a croseI opening-atonevend o1 the lioi'e, tvvo of the -walls of the cross opening heinei4roiurhened` and a sprinfr projected detent inoiinted in one wall of'lhecroshl opening and having a ,g'ripl'iing portion loi: engagienient witha nail when disposedwithin'the lioi'e. v

ln a nail puller, the head ot which is provided with a nail receivinz;rlioi'e and a crosa wise opening),- at one end ofthe lioie, l aidopening; heine' providedwvith ,one iii'- clined lat wallhaviiigal'ongjitiulinal chancommunicatesI tent niounted in the channel andhavin;r a nail cne'aigiire` l'ace, toi' disposition .within the liore toengage a nail. v

4 "ln teatiinoi'iy whereof l allix iny signature.

